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We just opened the wall between the kitchen and the living room. The problem is we have two different colors of laminate, one dark and one light. Honestly, I don't care for laminate in the kitchen. I'm thinking tile or I could even do linoleum. How do I get it to blend and what suggestions? Here's a pic:
Porcelain tile that complements cabinets / counter tops. Just don't use a light colored grout. Transition from wood (laminate) to tile looks fine , threshold strip may be needed. Tile is easy to clean up but light color sanded grout even if sealed well, will get embedded dirt in it and start to look bad. Darker colors mask the color change.
Azul macaubas Granite Slab/Countertop would look great. As it blends dark as well as light color.
Also have a look for travertine and onyx slabs/tiles.
If you don't like laminate flooring, then you can put sheet vinyl or Marmoleum (linoleum) down. You can put tile down, but I don't like tile for kitchen floors, because it makes a hard floor to stand on. But others do like tile for this purpose. In another thread someone mentioned vinyl floor tiles, which I think might work for you.
I think it is OK for the two floors to be different, but better if the two floors are the same. Is it possible to floor both rooms in the same thing?
You might investigate hardwoods or engineered wood. You can buy good engineered wood these days, but you have to shop carefully. That might work in both rooms, and make everything flow. Or you could possibly find the same dark laminate as in your living room, and put it down in the kitchen. I know this is not your first choice, however.
Yes, I think it would like nice to have the same flooring. Once again though, I'm not a big fan of laminate in the kitchen. It maybe hard to match the same thing as well. I just have to rethink everything. Thanks for the opinions.
Yes, I think it would like nice to have the same flooring. Once again though, I'm not a big fan of laminate in the kitchen. It maybe hard to match the same thing as well. I just have to rethink everything. Thanks for the opinions.
Stuff like this is hard. One's taste is always ahead of one's budget.
Beckcat,
Take a pic on your cell phone, of the dark laminate floor in the LR,
and go to a floor store, not Lowes, and see what laminate floor they have to
match that.
You might not like laminate in the kitchen, but it will look really nice
and uniform and BIG and open if you match the laminate from the LR in
the kitchen.
You might luck out and actually find a linoleum that matches it exactly, but
be warned, the price of linoleum has gone up, it is not cheap, costs much more
than if you match the LR laminate floor.
I was never a big fan before, but at my new house we have marble tile in the kitchen and it's wonderful. The tile extends out from the kitchen and runs between our living room and dining room areas which are both laminate. The transitions are T-molding.
OK, so we decided on tile but have come into some complications. There are several layers of flooring in the kitchen that we found once we pulled up the laminate. There is the subfloor, linoleum, 3/8 plywood and more linoleum. Before we do anything, the kitchen floor is slightly higher than the living room floor. If we add 1/4 inch backer board, thinset and then the tile, we will be between 3/4 and 1 inch above the living room floor. I know they make transition strips but I see that being a tripper. We thought about just cleaning up the underneath plywood and installing the tile directly on there, although it's not recommended. I don't want to spend all this money for the tile not to hold up. The floor is not completely level either from the way the house has settled. I don't know what else to do. I really didn't want to get linoleum either.
Has anyone had any experience with stained concrete. I'm reading a lot of good reviews about it. How much does it cost?
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